[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR643.20]



[Page 298-299]

 

                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 643_TALENT SEARCH--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart C_How Does the Secretary Make a Grant?

 

Sec. 643.20  How does the Secretary decide which new grants to make?





    (a) The Secretary evaluates an application for a new grant as 

follows:

    (1)(i) The Secretary evaluates the application on the basis of the 

selection criteria in Sec. 643.21.

    (ii) The maximum score for all the criteria in Sec. 643.21 is 100 

points. The maximum score for each criterion is indicated in parentheses 

with the criterion.

    (2)(i) For an application for a new grant to continue to serve 

substantially the same populations or campuses that the applicant is 

serving under an expiring project, the Secretary evaluates the 

applicant's prior experience in delivering services under the expiring 

project on the basis of the criteria in Sec. 643.22.

    (ii) The maximum score for all the criteria in Sec. 643.22 is 15 

points. The



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maximum score for each criterion is indicated in parentheses with the 

criterion.

    (3) The Secretary awards additional points equal to 10 percent of 

the application's score under paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section 

to an application for a project in Guam, the Virgin Islands, American 

Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Palau), or the 

Northern Mariana Islands if the applicant meets the requirements of 

subparts A, B, and D of this part.

    (b) The Secretary makes new grants in rank order on the basis of the 

applications' total scores under paragraphs (a)(1) through (3) of this 

section.

    (c) If the total scores of two or more applications are the same and 

there are insufficient funds for these applications after the approval 

of higher-ranked applications, the Secretary uses the remaining funds to 

serve geographic areas and eligible populations that have been 

underserved by the Talent Search program.

    (d) The Secretary may decline to make a grant to an applicant that 

carried out a project that involved the fraudulent use of funds under 

section 402A(c)(2)(B) of the HEA.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11, 1070a-12, and 1144a(a))